5 dead in Raleigh – including an off-duty police officer – after the North Carolina shooting on Thursday in eastern Raleigh, according to Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin.
Two people were taken to the hospital, Baldwin said, one of whom was a Raleigh K9 officer with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police tweeted around 9:45 p.m. that a suspect was in custody. Lt. Jason Borneo, RPD spokesperson, did not identify the person during an earlier news conference Thursday.
5 dead in Raleigh
“This is a sad and tragic day for the city of Raleigh,” Baldwin said at the news conference. “All of us in Raleigh right now need to come together. We need to support those in our community who have suffered a terrible loss. A loss of a loved one. We need to support the family of the police officer who was killed and also the police officer who was shot.”
Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin
The hours-long ordeal and subsequent search for the suspect began shortly after 5 p.m. when multiple people were shot in the Hedingham neighbourhood.
North Carolina shooting
Police tweeted shortly before 6 p.m. that officers were “on the scene of an active shooting in the area of the Neuse River Greenway near Osprey Cove Drive and Bay Harbor Drive.”
At around 8:30 p.m., police advised residents to remain in their homes “until further notice.”
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper tweeted after the 5 dead in Raleigh shooting, that he spoke with the mayor and “instructed state law enforcement to provide assistance responding to the active shooter in East Raleigh.”
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